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On Sunday, he was just as slick at dismissing any talk about the Senators second-round matchup against Matt Cooke and Pittsburgh Penguins.

They may be getting ready for a playoff series, but it would appear the trash talk is being put aside.

As soon as the matchup was settled late Saturday night when the Penguins knocked off the Islanders in overtime, Karlsson sent out a tweet to try to calm the waters and make sure the focus is on what happens on the ice.

“Wonder how many (questions) I’m gonna get now about my injury. Lol,” wrote Karlsson, who hashtagged the tweet with #whocares #oldnews #playtowin.

While it was Cooke’s skate that slashed Karlsson’s Achilles tendon on Feb. 13 and forced the defending Norris Trophy winner to miss 10 weeks, he wasn’t about to get involved in any pre-series war of words.

“I don’t have many thoughts actually,” said Karlsson “We’re playing Pittsburgh. Whatever happened, happened. I’m back playing. I’m happy. It’s not something that I’m thinking about, and I’m sure (Cooke’s) the same way.”

There was bad blood when the injury happened. Owner Eugene Melnyk told the Sun first he couldn’t believe the Penguins employed a player like Cooke, while GM Bryan Murray and coach Paul MacLean insinuated the incident was no accident.

Melnyk has since hired a group in Toronto to try to investigate exactly what happened and to see if Cooke’s skate slash was intentional. Cooke has denied any ill intent, but Melnyk said he’ll turn his findings over to commissioner Gary Bettman.

Cooke did reach out to Karlsson by text after the incident, but Karlsson didn’t bother responding. There’s been a lot of ink spent and airtime taken up since it happened, and there will no doubt be plenty more in the next couple of weeks.

Karlsson isn’t concerned it will be a distraction.

“Absolutely not,” said Karlsson. “It’s not something I walk around and think (about) or put any thought to. As I said, I think he feels the same way. It’s something we’re going to talk about for a couple of days before the series and be done with it.”

Coach Paul MacLean echoed those sentiments.

“I expect it has been long enough for that. We don’t anticipate that being a distraction,” said MacLean. “That’s water that has gone under the bridge and we’re just going to move on.”